Pepsi advert with Kendall Jenner pulled after huge backlash

Pepsi has bowed to pressure and is “pulling” a controversial advertfeaturing Kendall Jenner at a protest.

The video has been removed from YouTube and in a statement, the company said: "Pepsi was trying to project a global a message of unity, peace and understanding.

"Clearly, we missed the mark, and we apologise. We did not intend to make light of any serious issue.

"We are pulling the content and halting any further rollout. We also apologise for putting Kendall Jenner in this position."

The advert was widely criticised for appearing to trivialise demonstrations aimed at tackling social justice causes. It was also said to be insensitive due to its apparent mirroring of a picture from a Black Lives Matters protest. 

California police left puzzled after finding 'mermaid' walking down the street

Police in California have been left puzzled after finding a self-declared mermaid wandering the streets.

Officers were called to help uncover the identity of the woman, who said only that her name was Joanna and that she was a mermaid. When she was found in the city of Fresno, about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, she had wet hair and said she had been in the water in a nearby lake. 

Upon inspection, police discovered the woman had webbed toes on both feet. She was unable to provide any further information about her identity, saying simply “I don’t know” in response to most questions.Fresno Police sources confirmed to The Independent that the woman had been found walking on a road near a lake at around 3am on Tuesday, 4 April. 

Ahmed Musa £17million Premier League football star is arrested on suspicion of beating his wife after police swoop on his £850,000 five-bed home at 1am

Leicester City footballer Ahmed Musa has been arrested on suspicion of attacking his wife.

The Nigerian striker, 24, who cost the Premier League club a record fee of £16.6million, was quizzed by police at his £850,000 five-bedroom home in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire. Officers swooped at his home on Tuesday night in response to a domestic abuse complaint, just hours after his side's 2-0 win over Sunderland.

Leicester City footballer Ahmed Musa has been arrested on suspicion of attacking his wife Jamila

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Leicester City footballer Ahmed Musa has been arrested on suspicion of attacking his wife

When they found no one in they made inquiries with surprised neighbours.

The former CSKA Moscow forward was finally arrested at 1am yesterday, by two plain-clothed policewomen, after he returned home. 

The father-of-two Musa was grilled for allegedly beating his wife Jamila and was released without charge.

A spokesman for Leicestershire Police said: 'A 24-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning at his home address near Leicester on suspicion of common assault.

Rick Ross reaches plea deal in kidnapping & assault case, charges to be completely erased from his record (photos/video)

On Tuesday, rapper and music label executive, Rick Ross appeared in court over

 the kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery among other charges case in 2015 where he allegedly held two of his employees captive on his property and allegedly forced and pistol whipped them into a guesthouse at gunpoint.
Rick Ross came back from a journey and found the groundskeepers throwing a party in his house while he was away, and then allegedly assaulted them with one victim even telling police he was pistol whipped and left with a chipped teeth and a jaw injured so badly he was “restricted to soft foods and liquid diet.” 

Thank God I am with you - no one else would want you." Mel B gives detailed account of abusive marriage in a 20-page document and it's highly pathetic

If the account given by Mel B in this new document is true, then that means she went through hell and back again. The former Spice Girl submitted to the court a 20-page document detailing in her words all that she suffered during her 10-year marriage to Stephen Belafonte.

It's hard to believe that one person endured all that Mel did for ten good years. Her main reason for staying back is because he blackmailed her with sexually explicit videotapes, threatening to destroy her career and gain full custody of her children by releasing the videos if she tried to leave. Read the documents as sent to Daily Mirror after the cut...

43 Married People Confess Why They Stopped Having Sex With Their Spouse

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Xavi warns Barcelona over 'historical mistake' with Lionel Messi

Xavi Hernandez has warned Barcelona that failing to tie Lionel Messi to a new deal "would be a historical mistake". Meanwhile, the club legend has confirmed plans to return to the Nou Camp to become the manager of the La Liga giants.

Messi, 29, has already scored 41 goals in the current campaign, but his long-term future at the Nou Camp has come under question amid delays in negotiations over a new deal.

Neymar, Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, Javier Mascherano and Ivan Rakitic have all put pen to paper on new deals at Barcelona in recent months, but the Argentine is yet to follow despite his current contract being set to expire in the summer of 2018.

In January Barcelona technical secretary Robert Fernandez said negotiations with the five-time Ballon d'Or winner were on track – but the club are yet to provide any updates since.

Xavi has now encouraged his former side to step up talks after claiming both Messi and the club need each other.